Murkowski's gay marriage views ‘evolving’  —  U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowsk (R-Alaska) talks to a constituent before entering the Bear Mountain Grill in Eagle River on Wednesday, March 27 in Eagle River, where she addressed the Chugiak-Eagle River Chamber of Commerce.

How Gay Marriage Won  —  Eager to be eyewitnesses to history, people camped for days in the dismal cold, shivering in the slanting shadow of the Capitol dome, to claim tickets for the Supreme Court's historic oral arguments on same-sex marriage.  Some hoped that the Justices would extend marriage rights …

The Secret Republican Plan to Repeal ‘Obamacare’  —  And why the fight is far from over.  —  A few minutes after the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision upholding President Obama's health care law last summer, a senior adviser to Mitch McConnell walked into the Senate Republican leader's office to gauge his reaction.

Newtown gunman Adam Lanza fired 155 bullets in less than five minutes, prosecutor says  —  Adam Lanza fired 155 bullets in less than five minutes on the day he killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School, investigators said Thursday in the first detailed account …

What the GOP Autopsy Proves  —  The RNC's report on the state of the Republican Party was resoundingly on point.  Stuart Stevens, Mitt Romney's chief 2012 strategist, on how to fix the phony debates and the troubling influence of corporate money.  —  The Republican National Committee's …

U.S. says it sent B-2 stealth bombers over South Korea  —  The United States said Thursday, March 28, that it flew stealth bombers over South Korea to participate in annual military exercises amid spiking tensions with North Korea.  Pictured, a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber flies over South Korea's western port city of Pyeongtaek.

Exclusive: Wal-Mart may get customers to deliver packages to online buyers  —  (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc is considering a radical plan to have store customers deliver packages to online buyers, a new twist on speedier delivery services that the company hopes will enable it to better compete with Amazon.com Inc.

Steubenville's Former NAACP President Says Rape Victim Was Drunk And Willing [EXCLUSIVE]  —  This story has been corrected.  Royal Mayo is no longer the president of the Steubenville chapter of the NAACP, a post he left in late 2010.  He is currently a member of the group's Ohio executive committee …

A nation suckered  —  Bilking billions from the government  —  No doubt you were shocked, shocked to learn that Jeffrey Hillman, the “barefoot beggar” who famously received a free pair of boots from a kindly NYPD cop, turned out to be a scam artist who preys on the kindness of strangers …

A Very White Republican Leadership Plans Minority Outreach  —  Criticism from inside the ranks.  “Any kind of racially specific campaign activity was often treated with skepticism by white staffers,” says one former RNC staffer.  —  Priebus speaks to reporters after holding private talks …

A Republican Left Turn?  —  If the Republican Party concedes defeat in the culture war, as a number of commentators on the right and the left argue it should, what what will happen to the conservative coalition?  Can hard-line stands on social issues be set aside?

Most Say Illegal Immigrants Should Be Allowed to Stay, But Citizenship Is More Divisive  —  OVERVIEW  —  A new survey finds that seven-in-ten Americans (71%) say there should be a way for people in the United States illegally to remain in this country if they meet certain requirements …

Gone nuts: Dale Peterson, gun-toting ag commission candidate, stole cashews in Hoover, cops say (video)  —  HOOVER, Alabama - The tough-on-crime former Republican candidate for Alabama Agriculture Commissioner is in trouble with the law - for the second time in less than six months.

Feds Spending $880,000 to Study Benefits of Snail Sex  —  (CNSNews.com) - The National Science Foundation awarded a grant for $876,752 to the University of Iowa to study whether there is any benefit to sex among New Zealand mud snails and whether that explains why any organism has sex.

Obama finding ways to wield power without executive orders  —  President Obama could wind up issuing fewer executive orders than any two-term president in a century, records show.  —  Obama has often exerted the power of his office in pursuit of his agenda, drawing charges from Republicans …